Pirates sunk

[wholetruth]

No NRL expansion for five years.
Do we feel sorry for them or relieved?


http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...nsion-on-hold/

[jono]

they can use the 5 years to come up with a better name

[jargan83]

No NRL expansion for five years.
Do we feel sorry for them or relieved?


http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...nsion-on-hold/

As a fan of both codes of Rugby I feel pissed off and that's putting it nicely
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[KenyaQuin]

Meh..

[shasta]

Meh..

Meh..
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[Burgs]

Feel sorry for those who wanted it and for the Juniors having the dreams of a local path realised as our local Union kids have had.

Message to EWF, get yea cheque book to the Juniors Clubs...

[jargan83]

Problem is it wasn't a yes or no. The ARLC has said it will do a full review into expansion at the end of 2014 so all the bids will continue spending money

[The InnFORCEr]

Aaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh

[hertryk]

Ive got a mate who's bought cap, and had membership stuff sent to him ..etc etc.etc... what a debacle..

[Happy]

Problem is it wasn't a yes or no. The ARLC has said it will do a full review into expansion at the end of 2014 so all the bids will continue spending money

that's how you say no without using the word no

[Sheikh]

Ive got a mate who's bought cap, and had membership stuff sent to him ..etc etc.etc... what a debacle..

Should be worth a fortune in rarity value!

[andrewM]

I agree with Burgs, the battle of the codes is not going to get any easier. This gives RugbyWA a rare opportunity to consolidate the player base for the Force - assuming of course it is interested in developing local talent?

[AndyS]

Not really - at best it is a stay of execution. Unless an ARC gets organised before then, all junior development will be wasted the moment the League expansion does happen. Once they can offer the talent $20k and the chance to stay here, as opposed to nothing at all for the next few years and the prospect of having to move to Sydney....

[jargan83]

Apparently the West Coast Pirates may be entering a side in the NSW Cup

Not the NRL but at least it's a start

[shasta]

Apparently the West Coast Pirates may be entering a side in the NSW Cup

Not the NRL but at least it's a start

That would be a good move. The Q Cup would be better. NRL franchises are coming to realise T Cup is falling short in developing NRL "ready" players. Hard to see EC clubs wanting to use WA as a reserves team though. Maybe Melbourne could if they were given inducements.
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